United Kingdom Mozart, Suckling, R. Strauss: Tom Poster (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13.10.2016. (SRT)
This Week’s Review
An Often Rewarding Macbeth Opens the Liceu Opera Season
Spain Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giampaolo Bisanti (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10 & 11.10.2016. (JMI)
Stunning Bartók from the Chilingirian Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian & Ronald Birks [violins], Susie Mészáros [viola], Stephen Orton [cello]), Kings Place, London, 9.10.2016. (CS)
Nagano and Hamburg Philharmonic Impress In Buenos Aires
Argentina Wagner, Bruckner: Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano) and Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor), Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 30.9.2016. (JSJ)
Cristian Măcelaru Celebrates Enescu in a Variable Overall Showing
Canada Dvořák, Brahms, Enescu: Arnaud Sussmann (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/ Cristian Măcelaru (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 1.10.2016. (GN)
Nixon in Stockholm an Aural and Visual Spectacular
Sweden John Adams, Nixon in China: Soloists, Dancers, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 1.10.2016 (premiere) (GF)
Opening Night with a World Premiere Inspired by Mozart
United States Benjamin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák: Sara Davis Buechner (piano), Canton Symphony Orchestra/Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio. 1.10.2016. (TW)
Mismatch of Performers and Venue Robs Interesting Concert of a Little of its Gloss
United Kingdom Vivaldi, Caldara, Torelli: Adrian Chandler (violin), Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima. Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 1.10.2016. (GPu)
